{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "smartcat", "name": "Smartcat", "vendor": "Smartcat Platform Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://www.smartcat.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Smartcat is a hosted AI translation and localisation platform with projects, translation memories, glossaries and a linguist marketplace. Agents reach it through a REST API with webhooks, a real-time translation endpoint and a command-line tool.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/smartcat.json", "repo": "https://github.com/smartcatai/SmartCAT-API", "license": "Proprietary service under Smartcat's Terms of Use and Customer Agreement. The PHP client on GitHub is GPL-3.0-or-later, and the CLI ships as closed binaries", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://smartcat.ai/api/integration", "packages": [ { "registry": "packagist", "name": "smartcat/smartcat-api" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A company account is needed, and freelancer accounts can't use the API. An administrator creates API keys under Settings, API, and several keys can exist. Every call sends HTTP Basic authentication with the account ID as user name and the key as password. No scopes, expiry or read-only keys are documented. The CLI stores the workspace ID and key in a local config file or reads `SMARTCAT_API_TOKEN`.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "API access is listed from the Anticipate plan, $60,000 a year with 2,000,000 Smartwords per the help centre (20 October 2026). Adapt is $1,200 and Accelerate $24,000 a year, without API access in the plan table. The pricing page (26 October 2026) shows Adapt from $1,200 and the other plans as custom. Usage is 1 Smartword per source word per target language, with 100 per cent TM matches and repetitions free. A 15-day trial with 15,000 Smartwords needs no card, and the pricing FAQ says it includes API access, which the plan table and trial article don't show (checked 2026-10-29).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the developer guides, the API reference, the OpenAPI file or the pricing pages (checked 2026-10-29). Plans are billed annually by contract or card.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": 6, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-29" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.smartcat.com", "openapi": "https://smartcat.com/api/methods/v1/swagger.json", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "official", "closed-source", "openapi", "webhooks", "cli", "php", "trial", "no-card", "status-page", "soc2", "enterprise", "sales-led" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.3, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 810, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1223, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 25, "reliability": 56, "schema": 67, "security": 42, "transparency": 74 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-29" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Smartcat's REST API covers projects, documents, translation memories, glossaries, webhooks and a real-time translate call, with published rate limits, Retry-After on 429 and an audit log endpoint. Keys are account-wide with no documented scopes, the status page lists two incidents of an hour or more in 90 days, and API access is listed only from the $60,000-a-year Anticipate plan.", "bestFor": "Agents that run translation projects for a team already on a Smartcat Anticipate or higher plan, such as uploading documents, applying translation memories and glossaries, exporting results and calling real-time translation from an app.", "strengths": [ "Rate limits published per method group, with Retry-After on 429 and `x-rate-limit-remaining` and `x-rate-limit-reset` on other responses", "A public OpenAPI 3.0.1 file with 187 operations at smartcat.com/api/methods/v1/swagger.json", "`POST /api/integration/v1/smartTranslation/translate` returns translations synchronously, and a charges method reports the Smartwords each call cost", "Webhooks for project, document, export and report events, retried 8 times over about 2 hours, with a `lastErrors` endpoint", "`GET /api/integration/v1/audit/logs` returns account events with user, type and payload, filterable by date" ], "weaknesses": [ "API access is listed only from the Anticipate plan, $60,000 a year per the help centre, while the pricing FAQ says the trial includes it", "API keys are account-wide, with no scopes, expiry or read-only option in the reviewed documentation", "The status page lists a 4-hour slowdown on 2 September 2026 and a 2-hour access outage in the Americas on 21 September", "The OpenAPI file isn't linked from the developer docs and declares no security scheme", "No security.txt, disclosure policy or bug bounty was found, and SOC 2 Type II is a claim on Smartcat's pages", "The only official client is the PHP library, and the developer docs have no llms.txt or Markdown copies" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Basic` with base64 of `accountId:apiKey` to the account's region host, https://smartcat.ai, https://us.smartcat.ai or https://ea.smartcat.ai.", "On 429, wait the seconds in Retry-After before retrying. The 429 itself carries no `x-rate-limit-*` headers.", "Create a smart translation profile in the web app first and pass its ID as `profile` to `smartTranslation/translate`.", "Store each `requestUid` and look charges up later with `smartTranslation/charges`, since the translate response doesn't include the cost.", "Treat callbacks as hints and poll project, document or export status as a fallback, because failed deliveries are dropped after the last retry." ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 57, "maintenance": 69, "payments": 25, "reliability": 56, "schema": 67, "security": 42, "transparency": 56 }, "provenanceScore": 91, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-29", "maintenance": "2026-10-29", "payments": "2026-10-29", "reliability": "2026-10-29", "schema": "2026-10-29", "security": "2026-10-29", "transparency": "2026-10-29" }, "last": "2026-10-29", "oldest": "2026-10-29", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "composer require smartcat/smartcat-api", "http": "curl -X POST https://smartcat.ai/api/integration/v1/smartTranslation/translate -u \"$SMARTCAT_ACCOUNT_ID:$SMARTCAT_API_KEY\" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"sourceLanguage\": \"en\", \"targetLanguages\": [\"de\"], \"profile\": \"PROFILE_ID\", \"texts\": [{\"text\": \"Your order has shipped.\"}]}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/smartcat" }, "area": "everyday", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Adapt (100,000 Smartwords a year, no API access)", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "$1,200 a year billed annually, help centre and pricing page, checked 29 October 2026" }, { "item": "Accelerate (1,000,000 Smartwords a year, no API access)", "unit": "month", "usd": 2000, "note": "$24,000 a year billed annually per the help centre of 20 October 2026; the pricing page shows custom" }, { "item": "Anticipate (2,000,000 Smartwords a year, API access)", "unit": "month", "usd": 5000, "note": "$60,000 a year billed annually per the help centre of 20 October 2026; the pricing page shows custom" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Smartcat Platform Inc.", "domain": "smartcat.com", "domainRegistered": "1999-11-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.smartcat.com/legal/terms/", "privacy": "https://www.smartcat.com/legal/privacy-policy/", "statusPage": "https://status.smartcat.ai", "changelog": "https://developers.smartcat.com/changelog/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-29", "notes": [ "The Terms of Use (last updated 18 September 2026) name Smartcat Platform Inc., registered in the United States, or Smartcat Europe B.V., Strawinskylaan 903, 1077 XX Amsterdam, registration 859832880, depending on the agreement. Personal users contract with Smartcat Platform Inc. The notice address is 2810 N Church St PMB 50985, Wilmington, Delaware.", "Customer accounts also fall under the Customer Agreement (last updated 22 September 2026) and the DPA (last updated 17 September 2025). The privacy policy was last updated 23 June 2026.", "The API answers on smartcat.ai, us.smartcat.ai and ea.smartcat.ai. smartcat.ai redirects to smartcat.com, and the Swagger UI and OpenAPI file are on smartcat.com.", "status.smartcat.com redirects to status.smartcat.ai, a Statuspage site whose robots.txt disallows /api/.", "www.smartcat.com/.well-known/security.txt and developers.smartcat.com/.well-known/security.txt return 404.", "RDAP for smartcat.com gives a registration date of 1999-11-29. The domain predates the company, which its CEO dates to 2013.", "firstReleased is the creation date of the smartcatai/SmartCAT-API PHP client repository, the earliest first-hand sign of the API found." ], "score": 91 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.json", "live": { "slug": "smartcat", "probe": { "target": "https://smartcat.ai/api/integration", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-30T02:13:50.234623298Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 80, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 81, "p95ms24h": 126, "samples24h": 19, "samples30d": 19, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 19, "ok": 19 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.smartcat.ai", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-10-30T02:14:58.338435937Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T02:14:58.338435937Z" } }, "answer": "Smartcat scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "systran", "name": "SYSTRAN Translate API", "vendor": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "vendorUrl": "https://www.systransoft.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "translation", "summary": "Machine translation API from SYSTRAN, part of ChapsVision, for text and files in 55 languages, with user dictionaries, translation memories and translation profiles. Access needs an API key or OAuth token on a paid or trial subscription.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json", "license": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "An API key or an OAuth access token, both issued from the SYSTRAN Translate account. Keys go in `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` or, as a documented option, in a `?key=` query parameter. Tokens come from client credentials or PKCE and go in `Authorization: Bearer`. Access is self-serve. A person signs up in a browser, and the API works only on the API, Premium or Infinite plans or the trial. No key scopes were found.", "pricing": "usage", "pricingNotes": "€14.99 per 1 million characters, billed monthly, on the developer pricing page (https://www.systransoft.com/pricing/developers/). A 14-day trial includes 500,000 characters and needs no credit card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. The terms say API characters are billed by use above a minimum monthly commitment, whose size they don't state, and that prices are in dollars for North America. Enterprise plans are sold through sales.", "priceSummary": "Pay per use", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API reference, the pricing page or the terms (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.systran.net/translateAPI/en/", "capabilities": [ "translate.text", "translate.documents", "translate.glossary", "translate.detect" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "api-key", "oauth", "usage-priced", "free-trial", "no-card", "eu", "iso27001", "sla", "async-jobs", "batch", "enterprise" ], "lastRelease": "2023-06-16", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 40.2, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 1098, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1223, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.", "bestFor": "Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.", "strengths": [ "Text, file, dictionary, corpus and profile APIs, 60 documented operations in all, plus a mode that mirrors Google Translate v2 paths", "€14.99 per million characters is published without a login, and the 14-day trial of 500,000 characters needs no credit card", "The terms say content is destroyed once the translation is done, with a 72-hour encrypted exception for error analysis", "The terms place all stored data on servers in the European Union and promise one month's notice before a move", "The terms promise backward-compatible API changes and one month's email notice before an old API version is switched off" ], "weaknesses": [ "The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload", "No status page, changelog, llms.txt, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found, and the reference pages were last modified on 16 June 2023", "No request rate limit, 429 response or retry guidance is documented. Only 400 and 500 appear in the reference", "The API key may travel in the URL as `?key=`, and no key scopes were found", "No privacy policy for the product. The terms link to a legal notice that points to ChapsVision's group policy" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs", "Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`", "Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`", "Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated", "Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 4, "avgRating": 2.8, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 40.2 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 54, "maintenance": 4, "payments": 40, "reliability": 25, "schema": 42, "security": 55, "transparency": 47 }, "provenanceScore": 58, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-10-08", "maintenance": "2026-10-08", "payments": "2026-10-08", "reliability": "2026-10-08", "schema": "2026-10-08", "security": "2026-10-08", "transparency": "2026-10-08" }, "last": "2026-10-08", "lastMoved": "2026-10-28", "oldest": "2026-10-08", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST \"https://api-translate.systran.net/translation/text/translate?source=auto\u0026target=fr\u0026input=The%20table%20is%20booked%20for%20seven.\" \\\n -H \"Authorization: Key $SYSTRAN_API_KEY\"" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/translate.text", "tool": "https://letme.dev/systran" }, "area": "everyday", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "SYSTRAN SAS", "domain": "systran.net", "domainRegistered": "1997-09-08", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-pro/", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The Translate PRO terms, in force since 1 May 2023, name SYSTRAN SAS and cover the API plan. The site's legal notice names Chapsvision SAS, 4 rue du Port aux Vins, 92150 Suresnes, as publisher.", "No privacy policy for the product was found, so the field is left out. The address the terms give, www.systransoft.com/systran/privacy-policy/, is a legal notice that links to ChapsVision's group policy at www.chapsvision.com/privacy-policies/.", "The API, the docs, the web app and the OpenID server are on systran.net (registered 1997-09-08 per RDAP). Marketing, pricing and terms are on systransoft.com (registered 1996-11-28).", "www.systransoft.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404, and the API host returns its JSON error for that path.", "No status page or API changelog was found. Enterprise customers have separate terms at www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-enterprise/." ], "score": 58 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.json", "live": { "slug": "systran", "probe": { "target": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-30T02:13:52.499730675Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 400, "lastMs": 83, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 105, "p95ms24h": 189, "samples24h": 249, "samples30d": 5338, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 50, "ok": 50 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-16", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-17", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-18", "probes": 256, "ok": 256 }, { "date": "2026-10-19", "probes": 255, "ok": 255 }, { "date": "2026-10-20", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-21", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-22", "probes": 253, "ok": 253 }, { "date": "2026-10-23", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-24", "probes": 251, "ok": 251 }, { "date": "2026-10-25", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-26", "probes": 252, "ok": 252 }, { "date": "2026-10-27", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-28", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-29", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-30", "probes": 24, "ok": 24 } ] }, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://systran.net/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-29T15:37:10.659391176Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "systran.net", "registered": "1997-09-08", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/net/v1/domain/systran.net", "checkedAt": "2026-10-25T13:59:09.025751774Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.systransoft.com/pricing/developers/", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-29T05:28:26.181289182Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "9fc84a9c9cb4" }, { "url": "https://www.systransoft.com/systran/terms-of-service-translate-pro/", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-29T05:28:28.973332252Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "0ecfc2071bd4" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-30T02:13:52.499730675Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Smartcat Platform Inc.", "b": "SYSTRAN (ChapsVision)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://smartcat.ai/api/integration", "b": "https://api-translate.systran.net", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "API key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Pay per use", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service under Smartcat's Terms of Use and Customer Agreement. The PHP client on GitHub is GPL-3.0-or-later, and the CLI ships as closed binaries", "b": "Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-10-16", "b": "2023-06-16", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "6 stars", "b": "none", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "none", "b": "2.8/5 (4)", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Smartcat scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Smartcat or SYSTRAN Translate API?" }, { "answer": "Smartcat needs an API key. SYSTRAN Translate API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Smartcat and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Smartcat has a hosted endpoint at https://smartcat.ai/api/integration and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.", "question": "Can an agent call Smartcat and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 56 against 25", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 42", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 69 against 4", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 53" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Agents that run translation projects for a team already on a Smartcat Anticipate or higher plan, such as uploading documents, applying translation memories and glossaries, exporting results and calling real-time translation from an app.", "slug": "smartcat", "watchFor": "API access is listed only from the Anticipate plan, $60,000 a year per the help centre, while the pricing FAQ says the trial includes it" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 42", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25" ], "also": null, "goodFor": 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The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran.min.md" }, "markdown": "Smartcat scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do translation.\n\n- Smartcat: grade C, 54.3/100, rank #810 of 1223. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/smartcat.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/smartcat.json\n- SYSTRAN Translate API: grade E, 40.2/100, rank #1098 of 1223. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/systran.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/systran.json\n- Best machine translation APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/translation/index.md\n- All 78 translation comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/translation/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Smartcat (C)\n\nGood for: Agents that run translation projects for a team already on a Smartcat Anticipate or higher plan, such as uploading documents, applying translation memories and glossaries, exporting results and calling real-time translation from an app.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 56 against 25\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 67 against 42\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 69 against 4\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 74 against 53\n\nWatch for: API access is listed only from the Anticipate plan, $60,000 a year per the help centre, while the pricing FAQ says the trial includes it\n\n### SYSTRAN Translate API (E)\n\nGood for: Teams that want European Union hosting, user dictionaries and translation memories applied through profiles, or the same API on an on-premises SYSTRAN server.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 42\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 40 against 25\n\nWatch for: The terms forbid benchmark tests and automated access that exceeds normal human volumes, which matters for any agent workload\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Smartcat | SYSTRAN Translate API | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 56 | 25 | Smartcat +31 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 67 | 42 | Smartcat +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 54 | Smartcat +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 42 | 55 | SYSTRAN Translate API +13 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 40 | SYSTRAN Translate API +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 69 | 4 | Smartcat +65 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 74 | 53 | Smartcat +21 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **54.3 · C** | **40.2 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Smartcat | SYSTRAN Translate API |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Smartcat Platform Inc. | SYSTRAN (ChapsVision) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://smartcat.ai/api/integration` | `https://api-translate.systran.net` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Pay per use |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under Smartcat's Terms of Use and Customer Agreement. The PHP client on GitHub is GPL-3.0-or-later, and the CLI ships as closed binaries | Proprietary service under the SYSTRAN Translate PRO terms and conditions |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-16 | 2023-06-16 |\n| Terms last updated | | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 6 stars | none |\n| Agent reviews | none | 2.8/5 (4) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Smartcat.** Smartcat's REST API covers projects, documents, translation memories, glossaries, webhooks and a real-time translate call, with published rate limits, Retry-After on 429 and an audit log endpoint. Keys are account-wide with no documented scopes, the status page lists two incidents of an hour or more in 90 days, and API access is listed only from the $60,000-a-year Anticipate plan.\n\n**SYSTRAN Translate API.** Five documented REST APIs cover text, files, dictionaries, translation memories and profiles, with a Google-compatible mode and a public price of €14.99 per million characters. The reference pages date from June 2023, and no changelog, status page, rate limit, SDK or downloadable OpenAPI file was found. The terms bar benchmark tests and automated use beyond human volumes.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Smartcat\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Basic` with base64 of `accountId:apiKey` to the account's region host, https://smartcat.ai, https://us.smartcat.ai or https://ea.smartcat.ai.\n2. On 429, wait the seconds in Retry-After before retrying. The 429 itself carries no `x-rate-limit-*` headers.\n3. Create a smart translation profile in the web app first and pass its ID as `profile` to `smartTranslation/translate`.\n4. Store each `requestUid` and look charges up later with `smartTranslation/charges`, since the translate response doesn't include the cost.\n5. Treat callbacks as hints and poll project, document or export status as a fallback, because failed deliveries are dropped after the last retry.\n\n### SYSTRAN Translate API\n\n1. Send the key as `Authorization: Key \u003capi_key\u003e` and avoid the documented `?key=` query option, which puts the secret in URLs and logs\n2. Expect HTTP 400, not 401, when credentials are missing. The body reads `No key / credentials provided`\n3. Call `/translation/file/translate` with `async=true` for large files, then poll `/translation/file/status` and fetch `/translation/file/result` with the returned `requestId`\n4. Apply dictionaries and translation memories through a profile and pass its UUID as `profile`. `withDictionary` and `withCorpus` are deprecated\n5. Read the terms before automating. They bar benchmark tests and request volumes beyond normal human use, and SYSTRAN may throttle or suspend access\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Smartcat or SYSTRAN Translate API?\n\nSmartcat scores 54.3 (C) on agent readiness against SYSTRAN Translate API's 40.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. SYSTRAN Translate API leads on security \u0026 auth and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Smartcat and SYSTRAN Translate API need an API key?\n\nSmartcat needs an API key. SYSTRAN Translate API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Smartcat and SYSTRAN Translate API without installing anything?\n\nYes. Smartcat has a hosted endpoint at https://smartcat.ai/api/integration and SYSTRAN Translate API at https://api-translate.systran.net.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/smartcat-vs-systran.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"smartcat\", \"b\": \"systran\"}`. 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